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The Forbidden Flower chinese drama review
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The Forbidden Flower
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by sasharama
2 days ago
24 of 24 episodes seen
Completed 4
Overall 5.5
Story 5.5
Acting/Cast 7.0
Music 3.0
Rewatch Value 3.0

UNWILLINGLY FUNNY.


This is drama that takes itself to seriously and by doing that achieves the exact opposite. this was unwilling funny. I laughed my ass off at the absolute ridiculousness.🤣

PLOT:
A girl meets a man and falls in love with him just by listening to his voice. She then traced him down and start courting him. Will they end up together?

THE ROMANCE:
The ridiculousness starts right from the very beginning.
This girl meets a man in a hair salon. He is washing her hair and chit chatting with her.
She is suddenly so mesmerized by this 2 minutes long interaction that she literally stalks him, finds out where he lives and keeps showing at this unknown man's place.

He isn't any better though. this little girl shows up constantly and instead of sending her her way, he basically "tolerates" her presence for no reason.

She even keeps showering at his place many many many times.
She is thirsting over this man constantly and the drama emphasises this by showing little gestures, like he drinkinkin a beer, with exaggerated appeal.
I kid you not , he drinking a beer looks like a fricking commercial.🤣
Moving forward it is clear that these 2 like each other but there is actually no reason.
She tells us he is a mysterious man which he is not. He is just a quiet dude and pretty boring to be honest.
She on the other hand wants to be taken seriously by this guy but dresses and behaves like a 5 years old.
In my opinion he is kind of a creep. In the drama many AGE APPROPRIATE women show their interest in this man but he chooses the most childish, barely adult one... Kind of sus if you ask me , especially because he emphasises he wants someone "willing to stay and not date him out of a wimp". Sure. I am positive this 5 years old looking 19 years old is absolutely adamant and has her life all figured out.😬

THE DRAMA:
As said before , the drama takes itself too seriously. Never ending shots of these 2 longing, crying.
Some "artistic choices" made me laugh. In one scene the main guy is looking at fish in an aquarium and by the way the camera moves, it looks like he is making out with said fish. I couldn't hold it🤣🤣
Later on we see a painting she made of him and it was so cringe I laughed once again.
THE CHARACTERS:
What to say. He main lead is boring as hell and the main girl is basically an unlikable brat. She has guys falling for her left and right, but she treats everyone like shit. I bet if she was ugly noone would talk to her because she is very rude to everyone. Her mom, her nanny. Her CHILDHOOD FRIEND. everyone.
The actors:
I didn't like the characters but the actors were fine. At first I had the feeling I already knew the main guy and later I figured out he was the guy from the first METEOR GARDEN. what a throwback guys.
Conclusions:
I am dropping this drama mid way because there is nothing that interesting to keep me watching. Sure, I might find other hilarious stuff, but 11 more episodes of this might be the end of my already thin patience.

Should you watch it?
Give it a try. You might find the story compelling or surprisingly hilarious like I did. You never know
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